Ascotheca | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: |
Ascotheca Heine |
Species: | A. paucinervia
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Binomial name | |
Ascotheca paucinervia (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine (1966)
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Subspecies [1] | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ascotheca paucinervia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to west-central tropical Africa, ranging from southern Nigeria to Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is the sole species in genus Ascotheca. [2]
Two subspecies are accepted: